Percentage of full-time, full-year undergraduates receiving financial aid and average amount of aid, by race/ethnicity and type of aid: 2007–08

Percent receiving aid

Race/ethnicity

Any aid

Grants

Loans

Any aid

Grants

Loans

Total1

79.5

64.4

53.3

$12,700

$7,100

$9,500

White

77.2

60.5

52.6

12,900

7,100

9,800

Black

91.9

79.5

70.1

13,500

7,000

8,900

Hispanic

85.2

74.0

49.2

11,400

6,500

9,000

Asian

68.3

55.8

37.0

12,600

8,800

8,800

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

80.3

68.4

53.1

13,400

6,100

11,100

American Indian/Alaska Native

85.2

76.0

47.6

10,900

6,700

8,000

Two or more races

82.7

67.0

57.6

13,600

8,200

8,900

1 Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown.
NOTE: Students may receive aid from multiple sources. Estimates include PLUS loans (loans to parents). Data include undergraduates in degree-granting and non-degree-granting institutions. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2007–08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:08).